This Boy's Off the Bus

Obama is winning because he's mature

(NEWSER) - Barack Obama is an adult. That, writes Joe Klein in Time, is why he's winning—"the steadiness of his temperament and the judicious quality of his decision-making." In contrast, John McCain seems to lurch wildly, making a "peremptory selection" of a running mate and suspending his campaign for no clear substantive reason. “Obama seems a grown-up, in a nation that badly needs some adult supervision.” More»

'I hope she doesn't have any skeletons,' she worried

(NEWSER) - Meghan McCain cried when she found out Sarah Palin was going to be her dad's running mate—and they weren't tears of joy, she told Jay Leno last night. "My initial reaction was, 'Who the hell is Sarah Palin?" McCain told the Tonight Show host. "Like the rest of the country, I had no idea who she was, and I was actually crying on the bus on the way to the rally." More»

Ex-governor says breach caused a 'disruption'

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin took the stand today to testify about the hacking of her Yahoo email account, allegedly by a former Tennessee college student, and described the breach to a packed courthouse as a "disruption" both of her family life and the 2008 presidential campaign. Palin said she found out about the hacking on the news when she saw "a picture of my kids on the television screen," the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. "It caused a huge disruption in the campaign," she said. More»

Book reveals what McCain wouldn't let America hear

(NEWSER) - 'Twas a year ago tomorrow that John McCain’s team forbade Sarah Palin from delivering a concession speech, and a new book, Sarah From Alaska, gives you the chance to finally find out what she planned to say. Some highlights, from the Daily Beast :

• “It would be a happier night if elections were a test of valor and merit alone, but that is not for us to question now.

(NEWSER) - After 11 months licking his wounds, John McCain is getting back out there, appearing on TV more often and acting little like the man who gave a gracious, conciliatory concession speech last November. He's finding support within the GOP, where his combative approach hasn't always resonated, because his target is often the White House. "A lot of people, including me, thought he might be the Republican building bridges to the Obama administration," says an adviser. "But he's been more like the guy blowing up the bridges." More»